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Train the Brain! 

FOR PEACE OR WAR 



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Published by the 

UNIVERSITYof OREGON 

EUGENE , OREGON 



TRAIN THE BRAIN 

FOR PEACE OR WAR 

'""pHIS booklet is designed to show 
the value of the training given 
in the University of Oregon. It is 
addressed particularly to the 1917 
graduates of high schools in Oregon 
and neighboring states and to their 
parents. While, in these war times, 
the emphasis is largely on the prac- 
tical, still the esthetic and the cul- 
tural are not overlooked. In fact, 
the effort is made to show that in- 
tensive training and broad, liberal 
culture are both essential to a people, 
either in peace or in war. Attention 
is directed to "The University and 
the Woman," a companion to this 
booklet, giving in detail information 
of value to prospective women stu- 
dents. 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

University of Oregon 
Eugene, Oregon 



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LOOKING DOWN THE WEST ROW 

Students on move between classes. Villard hall in foreground; library in background; Deady hall, 

pioneer of University group, between. 



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Prepare For New Era 



NO young man ever faced a more uncertain or puzzling 
future than the young man of today. 

The old ways of life have been abandoned forever. 
The great war is changing everything. Governments have 
fallen and more are tottering, millions of men have died OId Da y Is 
and hundreds of millions have been shaken from their ac- * ssmg; ew 

1 hings 

customed grooves. Whole classes of society have been fired Upon Us 
with new ideas and have been accustomed to new needs. 
War debts have been laid upon the peoples so heavy that 
to pay them off will change the whole character of industry. 

Among all the uncertainties that puzzle the young man 
who is trying to decide what to do in this most uncertain 
time, one thing is sure : changes are coming — changes that 
will affect every man, woman and child in the world. Man- 
ufacturing is already undergoing a new birth; even now 
nothing is as it was even a few months ago. Commerce 
has thrown the old plans to the winds and is working out 
new ways of accomplishing new ends. War has thrown 
whole systems of transportation into the melting pot, and 
it remains to be seen what will come out. 

What shall a young man or woman do in a topsy-turvy 
world? How can he prepare himself for the future at a 
time when the wisest man cannot tell him what the future 
will be like? 

The answer is: A broad education has one sovereign 
value besides its many other values: it prepares a man to 
meet the unexpected. War times and the strenuous days 
that are coming after the war are sure to demand the 
Trained Man. 

The day of the untrained man ended when the great war 
began. Nor is there one chance in a hundred that his day DayofUn- 
— even such a day as he once had — will ever come back. trained Man Is 
War had no use for him except as a private soldier. But to Re ' turn 
the trained man — the day has passed when he can be wasted. 
With the outbreak of war the order went out to all the 
Universities to save the trained men: they were urgently 



4 The University of Oregon 

needed; they were the safety of the nation, its mainstay 
as officers at the front, as experts at the bases and all along 
the lines of supply, as managers and directors of the multi- 
tude of activities in manufacturing, transportation, and 
administration, which must help at home to win the war. 
University trained men were only too few for the country's 
needs. 

After the war, the peace that is coming will be a busy 

time. The world must repair the ravages of war and repay 

industries its debts, and build up new institutions in place of the ones 

Mn J? ^f Kep r of which it has become tired. The industries, forced by 

On Basis or 

Efficiency war to the highest efficiency ever reached in the history 
of the world, will not be allowed to lapse back to the old 
easy-going ways. Nations will continue to compete in the 
arts of peace, and the competition will call for the strongest 
and the best prepared. The Trained Man will be in de- 
mand ; the educated man, his mind exercised and alert ; able 
to apply himself to the new job, to the kind of thing nobody 
ever did before. He is the man who will reap the rewards 
of the after-the-war conditions. 

Selfish interest now directs the young man as never 
before to seek a broad and liberal education as well as pro- 
fessional training. More than that: it is a duty. Your 
country needs you, Young American. It is an act of patriot- 
ism as well as good sense for you now to prepare to aid 
your country in the way in which she will need you most. 

The University of Oregon was established by the people 
of Oregon, who in their wisdom saw that it would be neces- 
sary for the state to have a place where you young men 
and women could to the best advantage pursue two ends: 
First, to broaden and liberalize your minds to become wise 
Free Gift of leaders of a democratic state, and, Second, to train your 
£200 a ear f acu itj es so that you can become efficient directors and 

Payable to 

You Dired managers of an efficient and prosperous commonwealth. 
The purpose of this booklet is to lay before you the rich 
gift the people of Oregon have taxed themselves to offer 
you. In cost, it is a free gift of more than two hundred 
dollars a year, payable to you direct. 

The thing that distinguishes an educated from an un- 



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Education 



educated man is the way the cultivated mind meets emer- 
gency. The man of special training may go far along his 
narrow line, so long as conditions are just what he is used R oom AtTo P 
to. But a sudden emergency, often, finds his mind totally for Man of 
unprepared to meet the new and unexpected. That is why Broad 
there is so much room at the top of many professions for 
the man of broad education who is able to transcend his 
own experience whenever it may become necessary. 

Captains of industry tell us that the uneducated youth 
who makes an early start has an advantage over the college- 
educated man for the first few years. This is because the 
college man's entry into the business world has been de- 
layed, relatively, four to eight years, while he was getting 
his education. But after that it is a different story; the 




ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 
Johnson Hall, finished in August, 1915, is the home of administration offices and the departments or 
geology, mathematics, public speaking, dramatics, and Greek. The Condon museum and the Guild hall 

also are in this building. 



The University of Oregon 




Practical To 

Occupy Larger 

Place In 

University 



BETWEEN CLASSES 
Students flocking out of library building to classrooms in various parts of the campus. "Senior Bench", 
sacred to members of top class, seen in shade at left. The bench was placed on campus by class of 1910. 

college man goes right to the top. He does not reach his 
greatest powers and then stagnate, as the uneducated man 
so often does; he keeps on growing and goes farther than 
his earlier-starting rival. "Who's Who" is filling up with 
college men, in constantly-growing proportion, although 
relatively a small percentage of the population complete or 
even undertake a college course. 

The call, therefore, both in peace and war, is for men of 
both broad education and special training. Both of these 
ends come within the scope of activity of the University 
of Oregon. 

This booklet is issued in war time and is addressed par- 
ticularly to the young man and the young woman who want 
seriously to know how they can make themselves most use- 
ful to the country and to themselves, and most effective in 
the calling or professions they may choose. Much of the 
space, therefore, will be devoted to describing professional 
schools and immediately practical courses. In 1917-1918 
practical courses, including military training, will occupy 
a larger place in the curriculum of the University than ever 



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before. The young men who enter the University this 
fall will find here a spacious drill hall, erected during the 
summer, and military training will be given under the direc- Military Drill 
tion of an army officer. Young women will find a depart- to Be Handled 
ment of household arts, a new and practical feature of by officer 
the University organization. Both of these are parts of ° rmy 
the intensely practical training to be available at the Uni- 
versity of Oregon beginning with the term of 1917-18. 



Military Science 



HP HE University of Oregon Department of Military Sci- 
ence will take up its work this autumn in a new armory 
which is now under construction on the campus just east 
of the Men's Gymnasium. An officer of the United States 
Regular Army, designated by the War Department, will be 
in charge. Courses in accord with the latest military re- , 
quirements as revealed by the actual experience of the Be Trained 
present war are being worked out this summer and will be To Obtain 
offered in the fall. Besides the technical military courses Commissions 
to be taught by army officers, the scientific departments of 
the University will offer a group of courses preparing a 
student for examinations for commissions in the various 
branches of the service. The advantage to the student con- 




STRENGTHENING UP SOFT MUSCLES 
First military calisthenics on University field. Here the newly-enrolled members of the University's 
military-training battalion are being put through setting-up exercises. Ever try this particular squatting 
movement which the men are executing? In front of the men, slightly to the right, a heartless drillmaster 
is calling for more speed, more pep from muscles that are crying out for mercy. Torture at first — but 

it makes the men "fit". 




PREPARING FOR MILITARY SERVICE 
Coast Artillery officers training the University battalion compliment the Oregon men on learning the 
rudiments of drill more rapidly than any other body of men they had ever handled. One of the pictures 
shows five of the six companies marching on the drill ground the first week of training. Another 
picture shows the men on parade downtown in Eugene on University Day. The third is a close-up 
photograph of a squad executing a squad-left" formation. 



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Made Possible 



sists in the fact that he is preparing himself for his high- 
est service, whatever the future may hold in store. If the 
war is long continued he will be able to serve his country N ationa i 
in an important capacity ; while if peace comes his scientific Service in im- 
training will be so broad and thorough that he should be portant Lines 
an able and successful expert in the technical arts neces- 
sary to the country's reconstruction and commercial suc- 
cess in the period of international competition which is fore- 
seen by students of the times. The United States Govern- 
ment strongly advises young men who are able to remain 
in a University and study technical courses during these 
times to do so, as in this way one can perform an even 
greater service to his country than is rendered by the 
patriotic young men who have volunteered to enlist. 

It is not, however, in the professional schools alone that 
needed training for useful service in peace or war is to be 




MILITARY TOPOGRAPHY 
Three members of class doing some field work with instrument just off the University campus. 



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gained. The foundations for the sort of broad culture essen- 
tial to the educated and beneficial to the specially-trained 
are obtained in the wide range of courses offered in the 
twenty-one departments into which the College of Science, 
Literature and the Arts is divided. 

Let us begin with a consideration of the practical value 
of a training in the sciences. 



Chemistry 



T 



HE case for science is clear in these intensely practical 

days. The terribly tangible results of chemical science 

in the present world war have been indelibly impressed on 

Chemistry humanity. Germany, in advance of the rest of mankind in 

Important Key the application of this particular science, made of chemicals 

to uccess £k e mos t terrible and effective use against her enemies. 

in War 

England, notably, which had paid all too little attention, in 
late years, to chemistry, has been awakened with a shock 
and is making herculean efforts to render herself scientif- 
ically efficient. In every country in the civilized world the 
development of chemistry in the last few years has been 
tremendous. The industries of war make a constantly 
increasing demand for trained chemists ; munition factories 
are employing thousands of them. 

The University of Oregon department of chemistry 
offers a most thorough and efficient training in the science- 
Courses are offered beginning with the freshman year and 
running into the post-graduate period. One entire floor 
of McClure Hall and parts of two other floors are devoted 
exclusively to Chemistry laboratories, lecture rooms, store 
rooms, consultation rooms and offices. The high quality of 
the instruction is attested by the success in after life of 
1 G f w"rk ^ e department's graduates. 

Offered in Simply to recount the names of the chemistry courses 
Chemistry is to give an idea of the wide scope of the work offered. 
Courses are scheduled in general, analytical, organic, phys- 
iological, advanced inorganic, advanced analytical, indus- 
trial and physical chemistry, electro-chemistry, and sanitary 



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chemistry. Besides these there is a course for teachers, 
and for graduate students work is offered in advanced theo- 
retical chemistry ; and there are war courses in elementary 
chemistry of explosives and in ordnance chemistry; while 
the laboratory is open for research and thesis work by 
graduates. 

It is not only in war that chemistry has demonstrated 
its right to a prominent place in higher education. A strik- 
ing lesson in the importance of chemical science was Chemistry is 
afforded when the war cut off the supply of German dye- ° A{s Jl^ 
stuffs. After three years, America has not even yet been p eace 
able to replace the German dyes. Gradually, American 
chemists and manufacturers are approaching independence 
of the Teutonic dyemaker, and the advance made in this 
particular is a tribute to the ability of the chemists of the 
United States, who are rising to the emergency. This is 
only one of numerous instances that might be given. In- 
dustry in these days is largely built on chemistry, and the 
factory leans heavily on the laboratory. In war and peace, 
chemistry has proved its right to consideration, and there 
is going to be a strong demand after the war for chemists 
for highly-paid positions. 



Physics 



pHYSICS is another of the sciences which needs no par- 
ticular advertising to have its usefulness recognized. 
The universe itself is matter in motion, and the science of 
physics is taken up largely with the study of the princi- 
ples of physical mechanics. 

One may ask, Is Physics a practical subject? The reply Physics Gets 
may be put in question form : Is electricity practical ? Is Recognition 
the telephone a practical instrument? Is engineering a s radlca 
practical profession? Knowledge of physics is fundamen- 
tal to success in electricity or engineering. In the impetus 
recently given to scientific education, physics has enjoyed 
a full share. Both physics and chemistry occupy large 
places in the curriculum of the University of Oregon. 



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The Physics department occupies nearly all of two floors 
of historic Deady Hall, which are plentifully supplied with 
electrical and other equipment, experimental apparatus, 
dark rooms, and everything else needed for work from the 
most elementary to the most advanced. 



Botany 



"DOTANY and bacteriology are of prime importance in 
peace and war. They are also a part of the vast scien- 
tific and educational foundation on which both war and Botan y Has 
peace efficiency must be based. The practical importance i^ p ^ ancein 
of botany, even for war, is indicated by a survey of some War 
of the courses offered in the University of Oregon. One 
course is given in medical botany, including a study of some 
of the more typical medicinal plants, powdered drugs and 
adulterants ; economic botany includes the biological exami- 
nation of water, the bacteriology of milk, feeds, etc. Bac- 
teriology is practically indispensable to pre-medical stu- 
dents, whether they are to be army surgeons or expect to 
follow their vocation in civil life. General biology and 
sanitary hygiene are branches of botany and bacteriology 
whose practical usefulness is obvious. For the study of 
all these subjects laboratory facilities are afforded. The her- 
barium, with nearl 70,000 specimens of plant life, the larg- 
est collection in the Northwest, is of great value to the 
student of botany. 

When the Japanese fought the Russians, their success 
was attributed as much to their practical knowledge of the n act f n ° °?T 

Ranks with 

science of bacteriology as to any other one thing. Always Artillery 
before, war had resulted in more deaths from disease than Science 
from bullets. In modern war bacteriology is almost as im- 
portant as artillery science, and in peace its importance is 
even greater than in war. There is great need for more 
trained bacteriologists. 



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Geology 

A LLIED with the other natural sciences taught in the 

University is the geology course, covering a wide range 

of work in general economic and field geology, paleontol- 

Geologyisof ogy and petrology. Geology is valuable as a general cul- 

Pradicaland ture course, an accessory to other sciences, as the founda- 

Cultural {-j on f a use f u i profession or for its own sake, giving as it 

Importance n , . . e , . 

does a history of creation. 

Just how useful geology is in war time is best under- 
stood by the expert. The geologist has special knowledge 
of soil and rock formations and structures, with their defi- 
nite relation to roadbuilding, trench-locating, tunneling, 
water supply and drainage. His knowledge of topography 
and mapmaking is indispensable; while his outdoor train- 
ing and resourcefulness, gained from long periods spent in 
the wilds, do much to make him efficient as a war scout. 

The course in geography offered in connection with the 
work in geology is of the most direct utility to the young 
man intending to enter the army. In recent examinations 
for officers' commissions, much attention was paid to ques- 



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THE UNWRITTEN RECORD OF THE AEONS 
Condon museum, in Johnson hall, containing the valuable exhibit of fossils and animals collected by 
the late Dr. Thomas Condon, Oregon's famous geologist. In the picture geology students are asking 

their professor the history of an interesting old specimen. 



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tions of geography. The relation of the physiography of 
Western Russia and East Prussia to the Hindenburg strat- 
egy in the present war is generally understood. The geog- Wlde Ran s e 
raphy course offered in the University includes topography, c °^* y 
resources, climate, character of people; much attention is i n Geogra P hy 
paid to the physiography of Oregon and the rest of the 
United States. 

Indispensable to the miner, the science is valuable also 
to all students of material science and of absorbing interest 
to all with a taste for the prehistoric record of the aeons 
that antedate organic life on earth. The practical value of 
geologic training is so obvious and so well established as to 
require no explanation. It may be said, in brief, that all 
mining and mineral development is based on knowledge of 
geology, and when we stop to consider how much of the 
world's progress is dependent on the winning of minerals 
from the earth, the case for geology is secure. Mining 
engineers, metallurgists, teachers of science, are only a few 
of the many classes who must know geology to succeed in 
their respective callings. The United States Government is 
always in the market for trained geologists. The Univer- 
sity offers complete courses covering four years of thorough 
work in the various branches of geology, and the equipment 
for study is reinforced by the well-known Condon museum 
of specimens collected by Dr. Thomas Condon, pioneer geol- 
ogist of Oregon. This collection is invaluable to the stu- 
dent of Oregon fossils and minerals. 



Zoology 



"COR the pre-medical student the courses in zoology are 

essential. But it is not only for the future physician Zoology Has 
that zoology has an appeal ; it has a vital connection with close Bo ^ d 
such other sciences as geology, botany and bacteriology, Sc 
and has a great cultural value as well. Courses are offered 
in invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, comparative anat- 
omy, histology, vertebrate embryology, and physiology. 
Field and marine zoology, and bird study are some of the 



sciences 




WHERE GOOD FELLOWSHIP REIGNS 

Seven of the eighteen houses where a large percentage of the students make their homes 

during the University term. 



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practical, appealing phases of the work. The study of fish 
and their habits is of particular interest in this part of the 
country, with its great fishing industry. 

For the advanced student there is a laboratory equipped Laboratory is 
for the pursuit of original work, also a seminar. ForOriTnal 

The laboratory equipment includes microscopes, models, Research 
and other needed apparatus, also a well-stocked museum of 
birds, mammals and reptiles. 

University of Oregon graduates in Zoology have made a 
great name for themselves in the big Eastern medical 
schools and hospitals by reason of their more than usually 
thorough training and broad preparation. 



School of Medicine 

W/ITH new buildings and augmented equipment assured, 
V* by the $100,000 appropriation granted by the 1917 
session of the state legislature, and additional funds raised 
in other ways, the future of the University of Oregon med- 
ical school, at Portland, is brighter, and its usefulness 
greater than ever before. The Oregon medical school is 
the only institution of the kind in the Northwest, and the 
country's war needs are now bringing the facilities of the 
school into more than usual demand. 

The war is calling for surgeons and more surgeons, and 
the medical school is crowding its facilities to the utmost. 

The logical course for the high school graduate intend- 
ing to enter the widening field of medicine is to take his 
pre-medical work in the University's departments of science 
and the arts at Eugene and go to the Portland institution 
for his advanced study and degree. New buildings and ^^Ahead 
greater equipment facilities for which the money has now c f Anything 
been provided will be available at the school of medicine Yet Enjoyed 
before the end of the next college year, and the young stu- 
dent who enters the institution hereafter will have the 
advantage of facilities far in advance of anything here- 
tofore enjoyed in this part of the country. 



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Household Arts 



New Courses 

Will Make 

Special Appeal 

To Women 



"LJOUSEHOLD ARTS, or Domestic Science, with allied 
branches, constitute a practical, comprehensive branch 
of University work for women, which will be a regular part 
of the curriculum of the University next fall. In these days 
of rising prices and food-conservation a scientific knowledge 
of such subjects as food selection and preparation and the 
general subject of nutritive values is conceded. In connec- 
tion with this work will go courses in sanitation, textiles, 
clothing, household management and allied subjects, useful 
in peace time, but all the more vital during war, when the 
nation is conserving its energies for the grim business of 
battle and when every ounce wasted at home is so much 
taken from the mouth of a man in the first line of defense. 
Miss Lillian Tingle, of Portland, noted teacher and writer on 
household arts, has been elected head of the department and 
will organize the new work in time to start promptly next 
October. The attention of girls desiring useful, practical 
courses is directed to this line of work. 




NEW HOME FOR GIRL STUDENTS 

First unit of women's dormitory to be erefted this summer at cost of #50,000. The proposed 

quadrangle of buildings, when completed, will accommodate 500 women. The first unit will house 

89. The plans were drawn by E. F. Lawrence, dean of the school of architecture. 



Universities 
Grows Fast 



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Commerce 

1\J ATURALLY the high school student of today wants to 
know what preparation universities are offering the 
young man or woman who plans to enter some field of Commerce 
business. The number of universities offering work in ^ orkIn 
business administration and commerce has been rapidly 
growing since the first courses of this kind were established 
in the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. 

The biggest business firms of the country, including The 
National City Bank, Standard Oil Company, International 
Harvester Company, Goodrich Tire Company, National 
Cash Register Company, General Electric Company, West- 
inghouse Electric Company, are recognizing the val- 
uable work of the schools of commerce in preparing men 
for positions. These concerns and others make it a point 
to select many of their employes from the schools of com- 
merce. Many of the insurance companies of today are 
building up their organizations with college graduates. 

The University of Oregon in 1914 established its School 
of Commerce. Some of its graduates have already made 
excellent success in businesses to which they have gone. 
One of the Portland banks is already planning to build up 
its bond sales organization, very largely with college grad- 
uates of the Pacific Coast, among them the graduates of 
the School of Commerce of the University of Oregon. 
Recently one of the largest retail store systems of the 
country asked that graduates of the School of Commerce 
of the University of Oregon be recommended for managers 
of stores in its organization. Some of the largest business Large Businesj 
organizations in Portland, likewise, are now looking to the Houses Are 
University School of Commerce to furnish trained men for ^ ager F ° r 
positions in their employ. Several insurance companies 
doing business in Oregon have asked that young men trained 
in the technique of insurance, who have sales ability and 
training, be recommended to them for positions. When the 
war came, graduates in commerce found ready acceptance 




DOING THEIR BIT FOR THE UNIVERSITY 

Working squads snapped on University Day. One brigade is busy building a new walk from Deady 

hall to the Library. Another is doing some bridge work at the millrace portage. Still another is rolling 

the roadway in front of Friendly hall. 



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and quick promotion in several departments of the Govern- 
ment service. 

In order to meet these demands on the part of business Commerce 
organizations, the School of Commerce of the University is School Offers 
giving courses which will thoroughly prepare young men Wide Range 

r* °* Courses 

for training in accounting, life and fire insurance, banking, 
retail store management, foreign and domestic commerce, 
advertising, etc. The list of courses offered at present in- 
clude the following: 

Principles of Accounting, Cost Accounting, Railroad 
Accounting, Institutional Accounting, Municipal Account- 
ing, Retail Accounting, Practical Banking, Solution of C. 
P. A. Problems, Executive Management, Resources of the 
Northwest, Office Management, Foreign Commerce, Domes- 
tic Commerce, Advertising, Fire Insurance, Retail Selling, 
Salesmanship, Marketing Methods, Business Organization, 
Auditing, Methods of Commercial Teaching, Business Law. 

The suggested courses in other departments are indus- 
trial economics, principles of economics, economic geog- 
raphy, modern foreign language (French, German or Span- 
ish), English and others. 

The School of Commerce in addition to the instructional 
side has a department of commercial and industrial service 
under the direction of H. B. Miller, former consul-general 
to Japan, and United States representative in other Asiatic 
countries, which works in conjunction with the bureau of 
commerce of the United States Government, and gathers 
statistics and other information for the state's business 
men. 

It takes men, brains, nerve and money to build up com- 
merce. There will be a keen demand for the young man Brains and 
with the brains and the nerve, whether he has money or erv , e , e ' 

manded In 

not, in the huge task of making Oregon a port of call for Business Field 
the Pacific's greatest steamers, and making Oregon's prod- 
ucts familiar in every continent. 

Railroading, banking, shipping, lumbering, accounting, 
wholesaling, big retail houses, marketing associations, in- 
dustrial promotions, plant management, advertising in its 
many forms, teaching of commerce, civil service, consular 



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service, marketing in foreign countries, and many other 
fields, will provide openings for the trained man. 
Student Must Note well, however, the adjective "trained." All profes- 
WorkWhen sions are crowded; all business is crowded in that it is sub- 
He Comes to j ec t to keen competition. There is no room at the bottom. 
mversity rpj^g - g no opportunity for the man who either comes to 
the University without some natural ability or who is un- 
willing to work after he gets here. The University does 
not promise success to the man who spends four years upon 
its campus yet misses the best of its training. 

Occupations for women for which commerce courses 
prepare are : Clerical and secretarial work in banks (appli- 
cants should also have stenography and typewriting) ; buy- 
ing for big stores or institutions (experience in retail work 
necessary also) ; filing and cataloging work in large busi- 
ness organizations ; office management ; salesmanship of an 
advanced kind; accounting. There is a limited number of 
women in each of these occupations. 

The School of Commerce is carrying on extension work 
in the state at Portland, Salem, Albany and Eugene, and 
arranging for classes in other cities. 

This department has been especially active and effective 
in promoting and helping to develop the flax industry. 




UNIVERSITY BAND 
Leading University Day military parade in streets of Eugene. The band is a uniformed organization 

of 35 pieces. 



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Architecture 

YVTHETHER in war or peace, architecture and its allied 
arts are intensely practical subjects. The break with 
Germany was immediately followed by the enlistment in the 
navy of students and graduates of the Oregon School of Young Arch- 
Architecture. These young men found that their training itedsHeed 
and special skill were needed. They are serving as drafts- * 

Government 

men in navy yards where they are engaged in work directly 
connected with the nation's defense. 

In times of peace, good architectural draftsmen are in 
demand. In Oregon, large areas of the state are without 
the services of trained architects. Architecture is just as 
much a profession as medicine, the law, the ministry or 
journalism, since it is of direct service to the public and 
since its by-products are of such communal importance. 

The training offered in the school is of broad cultural 
value and fits the student not only for architecture but for 
a career as contractor or engineer. During the three years 
of the existence of the school it has upheld a high standard 
of scholarship, as evidenced from the high rating given the 
work of its students by the jury of the Beaux Arts Institute 
of Design in New York, where the work is sent in compe- 
tition with other schools of architecture in the country. 

More and more will there be demanded by the schools 
of Oregon the services of trained art teachers. Courses in 
the Pedagogy of Art have been organized to meet this de- 
mand and are given in connection with normal courses 
offered by the school of education. An increased demand for increased Call 
trained designers also is expected with the steady improve- For Designers 
ment in standards of appreciation of the beautiful. This E n *T\ 
field includes wall paper design, furniture, textiles, com- 
mercial advertising and craftsmanship. With the develop- 
ment of the resources of Oregon and new manufactures of 
Oregon products, such as wool, flax, willow, hard woods, 
etc., the need for such trained designers will be ever more 
acutely felt. 



School of Law 



Door Is Clos- 
ing to Lawyer 
Who Lacks 
Thoroughness 



'"pHOROUGH training in the law opens a bright future 
to the young man whether he is entering the legal pro- 
fession or the business world. The demands of both law 
and business, however, are constantly more exacting, and 
success in the law nowadays requires not only good charac- 
ter but hard, intensive training over a long period. The 
door of opportunity is closing on the ill-prepared, superficial 
practitioner. 

The Law School of the University of Oregon set a high 
standard from the outset. Two full years of college work 
are required of virtually all regular students who are to 
become candidates for law degrees. 

Everything necessary to preparation for high attain- 
ment in the law will be found in the University of Oregon 
Law School. A fine working law library of several thou- 
sand volumes is conveniently disposed for instantaneous 
reference. Study tables, set in the midst of the book shelves, 




Interior 



RIGHT DO\ 
of university library shows students at work, preparing their class assignments. The library 



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are well lighted and capacious, seating about 40 students. 
All the important legal periodicals, both current numbers 
and bound volumes, are at hand. 

The law faculty consists of five men, four of whom give 
all their time to teaching. The courses extend over the full 
three years, and 75 semester hours of work in law is required 
of the student for graduation. The subjects taken up, which 
vary somewhat from year to year, cover all the main 
topics of the law. 

As a manifest advantage in studying law in one's own 
State University, the student learns thoroughly and from 
the first the law of his own state, in which ordinarily he 
is to practice. He learns also the peculiarities of practice 
that obtain in his own state, an acquisition whose value is 
recognized by lawyers. The University of Oregon law 
school offers its students further a particular advantage 
over the larger schools of the East jn that the classes have 
not yet become so large that the individual is lost. 



Student Learns 
Peculiarities of 
Law of His 
Own State 




D BUSINESS 

>art of which is shown in the pi&ure, is large and well lighted. About 70,000 volumes are on the shelves. 



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The University of Oregon 



Journalism 



of Activity 



JOURNALISM, when rightly understood, is one of the 
most complicated and important of all the arts. Just 
as we have considered the bearing on both war and peace 
journalism °f the other sciences and professions, so too it is possible 
Bears Diredly to show how Journalism is playing its part. And its part 
on Many Lines i s a g re at part. "Four hostile newspapers are more to be 
feared than a hundred thousand bayonets," said the great 
Napoleon, referring even to the little, comparatively unin- 
fluential papers of his own time. Far greater is their im- 
portance now. 

Not only is it the duty and privilege of the journalistic 
profession to keep up the courage and determination of the 
people and to guide them in time of war, but to lead them 
to a wise use of their victories. 

Years ago, newspapermen commonly believed that their 
profession could not be taught in the classroom. Perhaps 
it cannot; certainly the University of Oregon rooms in 
which Journalism is studied look very little like "class- 
rooms." The student begins his course in the "shop." Like 




UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY 
The law school library and classrooms are situated on the top floor of the new Education building. The 
library is already well stocked, and additions are frequent. In foreground, students; in background, faculty. 



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27 



In Accuracy 
of Detail 



Benjamin Franklin, Horace Greeley, and other great men 
of the craft, he works at the case ; he is in fact for a time 
a "printer's devil." He learns those intimate facts of the 
trade that were supposed to be the exclusive property of 
the man who "began at the bottom/' He gets the splendid Student Gets 
training in accuracy that comes from setting type, "read- Stria Training 
ing proof" and correcting his own and other people's mis- 
takes. He learns about the different kinds of machinery 
used in the publishing business, and of the money problems 
involved, also of the beautifully simple and complete mod- 
ern systems of accounting and cost-finding that have been 
worked out for the use of the scientific printer. 

In his junior year, the student is a reporter under an 
instructor who occupies the position of "city editor." He 
covers assignments and writes "stories" under careful 
supervision. Much of his work is printed in the newspapers 
of the various cities of the state, in magazines and other 
publications. In the same year, too, he is inducted into the 




SUN DIAL ATTRACTS 
Three girl students snapped while gathered around the sun dial in front of Johnson hall. Note the 
magnificent flowering hawthorn in the background. Flowers and flowering shrubs have made the Oregon 

campus famous. 




LEARNING THE NEWSPAPER GAME 

Views of journalism laboratories in McClure hall and journalism annex. Upper pidture shows class 

in copy reading at work; middle, class in printing picking up mechanical basis for newspaper work; 

lower, several members of reporting class pecking out news for the university paper. 



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mysteries of "copyreading" and headline writing, and news- 
paper make-up. He also learns to analyze the news of the 
world, separating the important from the trivial, the con- 
structive from the sensational, and the really interesting 
from that which is merely routine. 

In the last year comes his work in editing, the art of Stu dentHas 
selecting and interpreting. A special magazine is published E ^ tin n of 
for the practice work of the senior class, and the student Publications 
also has part in the editing of about half a dozen publications 
of varying kinds. Business management is treated inten- 
sively in the senior year. 

The University Press is a department of the School of 
Journalism. Its equipment is being largely increased this 
summer. In October, the entering student will have the 
advantage of the facilities of one of the most complete shops 
of the kind in the United States, with a sufficient volume of 
business to give him practical experience in almost every 
kind of work he is likely to be called upon to do in his early 
years as a newspaperman. 

The demand from Oregon newspapers for graduates 
has far exceded the supply every year since the school was 
established. 



Teaching 



"D EHIND the education that the University is able to give 
the ambitious young man and woman stands the train- 
ing he has received in the preparatory schools. Success in 
the later work is quite commonly based on the laying of 
the right kind of a foundation at least as early as the four Demand For 
high school years. For the training of the high school teach- ucate a Teacher 
ers who will train the young brain, the University of Oregon is increasing 
maintains a school of education. From this school go out 
each year young men and women acquainted with the latest 
and most effective means of teaching, and the demand for 
the home-educated high school teacher is growing as the 
worth of the Oregon product is demonstrated. The Univer- 
sity maintains an appointments bureau, which recommends 




WINNING POINTS FOR OREGON 
Upper, snapped in middle of broad jump; middle, scaling the high hurdles; lower, nearly 12 feet in the 

air, on pole vault. 



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applicants for teaching positions on the basis of their record 
in the institution and their probable fitness. The committee 
in charge seeks to divert to other lines of endeavor the weak 
students in the school of education, attempting thus to main- BU py U H[ iable 
tain and increase the instructional strength of the schools Calls For 
of Oregon. Last year the bureau had many more calls for Teachers 
teachers than it could fill; however, 78 appointments were 
made as a result of the recommendations of the bureau. 
Natural science, English history, mathematics, social sci- 
ence, physical training and coaching, commercial courses, 
Latin and German, in the order named, were the subjects 
most emphasized in the calls for teachers made during 1916. 
The service of the appointments bureau is free. 

A minimum of fifteen hours' work in education is re- 
quired before a student can get a certificate for high school 
work, in conformity with the state law. Education courses 
offered undergraduates in the University are principles of 
education, pedagogical psychology, secondary education, 
school administration, practice teaching, history of modern 
education, genetic psychology, observation of teaching, or- 
ganization of curricula. Besides the education courses, 
regular work must be taken in a wide range of university 
subjects, and specialists are trained in chemistry, physics, 
biology, geology, botany, civics, history, ancient and mod- 
ern languages, mathematics, commerce, physical training, 
music and art. 

The school of education serves practically three classes 
of students — those who want to teach such courses as his- 
tory, English and allied branches ; those specializing in ^ reased In 
physical training, art, music, and other subjects outside the Education 
regular routine curriculum ; and those fitting themselves to Sought 
become principals or superintendents. For those specializ- 
ing in art a new course is to be added next year ; classes in 
music and teaching and physical training are already a part 
of the school's work. Training of defective children ; junior 
high school work, and the development of standard tests in 
spelling, arithmetic, composition and handwriting are lines 
of educational activity in which instruction is offered. All 
this means increased educational efficiency. 



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MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS 
Upper, men's glee club; middle, university orchestra; lower, girls' glee club. Oregon has long been 
famous for the high standard of its various musical organizations. This year they have surpassed all their 

previous achievements. 



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Music 

The man that hath no music in himself, 
Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sounds, 
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. 

TTAPPY the man who not only is moved by concord of 

sweet sounds but is able to create that concord for him- ,.,... 

. Music is the 

self. The American people as a class are great listeners characteristic 
to music. Did you know that the people of this nation spend Art of This 
annually more than six hundred million dollars for music? Generation 
Music is the most accessible of all the arts ; it is, in fact, the 
characteristic art of this generation. 

Think what sort of a world this would be without music. 
Imagine a community without a band, a choir, a chorus, a 
concert of any sort — or even a "movie" pianist. How dreary 
is the picture of college life without a glee club, or an orches- 
tra, or a band! The University of Oregon is the antithesis 
of all this. There's music in the air. 

The world wants musicians who have that broad vision 
which a liberal education aims to develop. This is the only 
foundation upon which specialization can safely rest. 

Students in music obtain the degree of A. B., receiving 
University credit for work of collegiate grade done in the 
school of music, including orchestra and band work. Be- 
sides the advantages of the training and the fun of the 
various trips, members of the Glee Club receive the Uni- 
versity letter. The School of Music wants to send its special 
bulletins to interested persons and to answer questions. 



Public Speaking 



'"p HERE are two main divisions of the work in Public Acted Drama 
Speaking offered by the University : Dramatic Inter- Works Great 
pretation and Voice Culture, and Oratory and Debate. 

The value of the acted drama to the individual taking 
part, as well as the cultural benefits shared by the audience, 
are incalculable. It has been found that there is no way of 



Cultui 
Benefits 



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The University of Oregon 




REHEARSING AN OREGON FOLK DRAMA 
Members of dramatic interpretation class are shown during a make-up rehearsal on the stage of Guild 
hall, the "little theatre" of the-University. This is a part of the regular work done in the department 
of public speaking, whose aim is not the training of actors for the professional stage, but the develop- 
ment of individual power of expression. 



Play Coaching 

Is Important 

Branch of 

Work 



"bringing a student out" so effectively and quickly as for 
him to take part in thoughtful plays. It is for this reason 
that this work has been introduced into the curriculum. It 
is not only a training for the memory, but includes a thor- 
ough education for every part of the body and for the intel- 
lect as well. The student who has played a part in a good 
play, and played it conscientiously, will never lose the poise, 
self-control, ease and grace which he has in this way 
acquired. Students continually say : "I had no idea that it 
meant all this. It's a regular all-round education, isn't it?" 
In addition to the general training the students of this 
work receive in voice culture, platform manner, the coach- 
ing of high school plays, and kindred subjects, they have 
work in the history of costume, period decoration, stage car- 
pentry and lighting, business management of the perform- 
ances, and in social custom. They are thus prepared while 



Train the Brain • 35 

pursuing an essentially cultural course, to fit themselves into 
one of the many callings for which good salaries are paid. 

The attempt is not to train students for the stage. The 
University is simply making use of the drama as a great Drama Train- 
means of education. Already graduates are writing grate- in § Is Found of 
ful letters, telling of the advantage of these courses, and sslstance n 

Many Lines 

often saying that their success in their professions, whether 
as lawyers, teachers, or what not, is in large measure due 
to the breadth of these courses in acted drama. 

Accompanying this work are courses in pure voice cul- 
ture, reading and recitation, and analysis. Students pre- 
paring for platform readers or public speakers, lyceum or 
chautauqua entertainers make use of this branch of study, 
as well as availing themselves of the dramatic work. 

The objective of work in Oratory and Debate is the 
training of students to effective oral comDosition and deliv- 
ery. Life in a modern democratic community, or nation, 
calls upon the college-trained man again and again to rise 
under emergencies and express himself. 

The extempore speech method — where the speaker, by 
previous study, has become master of his subject matter, so 
that he can present it without notes, without memorizing 
anything but the ideas to be presented — is practically the 
sole method of instruction in oratory and debate. 



Mathematics 

AyTATHEMATICS, like chemistry and some other sciences, 
has been more generally accorded its rightful recogni- 
tion as a result of the world war. Many a young man who 
had regarded trigonometry as a useless bore is now burying University 
his nose deep in the pages of some treatise on mathematics Gives Wealth 
in order to qualify for an officer's position in the artillery, 



where knowledge of more or less of the higher mathematics 
is absolutely essential. The University gives a score of 
regular courses in higher mathematics, from higher algebra 
and geometry up as far as the student cares to travel. Be- 
sides these, special courses are given in the application of 



Mathematics 



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TESTING MENTAL PROCESSES 
Psychology students busy at various apparatus for testing mental equipment, and nature and speed or 
thought processes. Science is gradually disclosing information long believed unobtainable regarding 
the working of the human mind. How fast can you think? How rapidly do you learn? How closely 
do you really observe? What is the effect of music on mental and physical fatigue? The time element 
is important in the experiments. Note that in each picture some one is holding a stop watch. 



Train the Brain 37 

mathematics to such war functions as gunnery — all in- 
tensely practical. 

It is an interesting fact that the University of Oregon 
offers more mathematics than does the United States mili- 
tary academy at West Point. 



Psychology 



P SYCHOLOGY, roughly defined as the science of the mind, 
is much more inclusive than this bare definition might 
suggest. To get a comprehensive view of the field of psy- ^Jfa^*^ 
chology, consider that it has to do with the whole field of Mental 
the "elements of consciousness, the phenomena of sensation, improvement 
habit, attention, association, perception, imagination, mem- 
ory, judgment, reasoning, instinct, emotion and will from 
both the structural and functional viewpoints." The value 
of psychology in determining the causes of mental dullness 
and functional inefficiency and in discovering methods of 
redeeming and conserving much of the resulting waste of 
human powers, thus lightening dark places and reducing 
the burden of defectives on the race, is only coming to be 
adequately recognized. The idea that applied psychology 
can be a saver of dollars and cents to the taxpayer through 
reducing the number of independents and providing im- 
proved methods for their care, has not yet spread as far as p sycn oi ogy to 
it is destined soon to extend. The University of Oregon is Save Dollars 
prepared to do its share in this field, both through its faculty of Taxpayer 
experts and through the training of students to the point 
where they too may be useful in the saving and use of 
human brain power. 



Philosophy 



P HILOSOPHY is one thing you can't get away from. One 

cannot escape it even by failure to believe in it. If you 

believe philosophy is futile, that belief in itself constitutes 

a philosophy. Like many other subjects offered in the Uni- 



38 



The University of Oregon 




IN FRAGRANT SHADY GROVE 
Students between classes, in front of historic old Deady hall, the first building erected on the Uni- 
versity campus, more than forty years ago. The building is still used for classes and laboratory work in 
the biological sciences. The zoological museum and the herbarium also are housed in this building. 
Villard hall is seen, through trees in background. 

versity curriculum, philosophy is valuable not only for itself 
but for its assistance in the understanding of literature, 
art, one's fellow-creatures, and the trend of civilization. 
Courses in the history of philosophy and introduction to 
philosophy are offered, from Thales to William James and 
Bergson. In this department come also the culture courses 
of ethics, esthetics and present-day thought. 



Astronomy 
Appeals to All 
Who Think 
In LargeTerms 



Astronomy 



'"pO question either the practical or cultural value of the 
study of astronomy is to confess one's self out of step 
with modern enlightenment. The practical usefulness of this 
science to the engineer and the mariner is a matter of com- 
mon knowledge. The subject, on its descriptive side, is of 
intense interest to all who like to think in terms as large as 
worlds and their evolution, while even a surface study of 
the constellations is of considerable cultural value, assisting 



Train the Brain 39 

materially in the understanding of a wealth of classical 
allusions in literature. Both general and practical courses 
are given. The allied subject of mechanics, analytical and 
applied, and the theory of elasticity and hydrodynamics also 
are taught in this department. Instruction in the use of 
the telescope and other instruments is given. 

Astronomy is allied with geology in furnishing a history 
of beginnings of things, through the interpretation of celes- 
tial evidence. 



Ancient Languages 

C OME knowledge of modern languages and literatures is 
absolutely essential to the educated man and woman of 
today. An acquaintance with the languages and literatures 
of the ancients, while no longer held so vitally essential as 
formerly, is still thoroughly advisable and is an important S . UC ?? B an 
element in broad general culture. The definition of an edu- Acquainted 
cated man — one who knows "something about everything, With classics 
and everything about something," is not satisfied without 
some considerable knowledge of the old classics. There is 
no reason why these should be cast aside or entirely ignored 
even in these ultra-practical days, and a good opportunity 
for their study is afforded at the University of Oregon. 
Teachers and all who enter literary pursuits will find this 
sort of culture particularly valuable. 



Modern Languages 



T^HE case for the modern languages and literature is a 
bit more obvious. These are recognized, more today 
than ever, as essential to an efficient, working education. 
The methods employed in the University of Oregon lend 
themselves to both the ends of language-study — the knowl- 
edge of the literature and the actual ability to converse in 
the language. French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portu- 
guese, and the Scandinavian tongues, all spoken on the battle 



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The University of Oregon 




COZY LITTLE CLUBHOUSE FOR GIRLS 

Y. W. C. A. bungalow, prettily situated on west side of campus, is cheery meeting place for girls. 

The building was erected with funds raised by the University women themselves. 



front of Europe and in the trade markets of the United 
States, are taught by the most approved methods. 

The man of science is not among those who depreciate 
the importance of language-study. So many of the greatest 
works in chemistry, physics, mathematics, zoology, botany, 
bacteriology, philosophy and other sciences are written in 
French and German that it is impossible to obtain thor- 
ough training in any of these lines without a reading knowl- 
edge of either or both of these languages. 



Athletics 



Effic 



A THLETICS at the University of Oregon perform the 
double function of providing a high type of recreation 
for the young collegian and at the same time developing for 
-ndentOn mm a P nvs iQ ue and a self-discipline that will make him in 
Fitness of every way a better man. Never was it better recognized 
Body than today that efficiency in any line of work, mental or 
physical, depends directly on the fitness of the body. The 
physical training received during four years at the Univer- 
sity of Oregon gives an impetus that goes far toward estab- 



Train the Brain 



41 



lishing the exercise habit — a habit that means the avoid- 
ance of breakdowns in middle life and lengthens the period 
of happy, hearty efficiency. 

Regular physical examinations are given under the direc- 
tion of Coach Hugo Bezdek and Trainer William Hayward, 
and errors of form and physique are corrected. All major 
college sports, including football, baseball, basketball and 
track, are available to the aspiring young athlete, with 
intercollegiate competition in all these. Golf, tennis, soccer 
football, handball and tennis are played, while a 30x60 
tiled swimming tank gives opportunity for aquatic recrea- 
tion at all seasons. Boxing and wrestling instruction also 
is provided. 



Errors of 
Physique Are 
Corre&ed by 
Experts 




OREGON'S GREAT ELEVEN IN ACTION 

Exciting moments in two big games. Upper, halfback (at right) taking ball for fake run around end. 

Lower, trying'to block punt. 



Care Taken to 



42 The University of Oregon 

Athletics as taught in the University have not only a 
physical but a mental and moral value. Co-operation, team- 
work, quick thinking and acting are taught, perhaps better 
on the field of athletic competition than in the classroom. 

Women's Athletics 

/^OMPARED with men, few women are healthy and strong 

throughout their lives. That is why the University 

uses every means known to science to build up for Oregon 

girls the vigorous physique that will stand them in good 

Build Up stead as long as they live. At the University every possible 

Women in care is taken, every facility afforded, not only to keep the 

University wome n students in perfect physical trim, but even to repair 

and cure defects and to build up weak bodies. 

The Oregon plan is to encourage girls' games and sports, 
and to promote outdoor exercise. Indoor work is resorted 
to only in the short season of the year when the weather 
is unfavorable. 

Everything possible is done to fit the physical course to 
the needs of the individual. When the freshman girl ap- 
pears on the campus, a physical examination is given at 
once. Defects and weaknesses are noted, and a corrective 
campaign outlined. 

The physical course at Oregon is designed to meet the 
special needs of every individual girl. The requirements 
are three hours a week devoted to physical upbuilding under 
the supervision of the director of the gymnasium and her 
assistants. These three hours can be spent at the outdoor 
games and sports which girls enjoy, such as tennis, golf, 
hockey, or archery; work in the outdoor gymnasium, or 
Rest is even in rest, all under scientific, skilled direction and in 
Prescribed accordance with the individual needs. 

?n HeTful ® ne ma, y as k now ft * s P oss ibl e for a girl to earn three 
hours' physical training credit a week by simply resting. 
The physical director decides what cases call for the rest 
course. The director is able to point to proof of the splendid 
results of this part of the system. 



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43 




FOR HEALTH AND RECREATION 
Middle pidture : exterior of women's gymnasium. At the right is open-air gym, 45x85 feet, with 
canvas sides for protection during damp weather. The fresh air of this open gym produces noticeably 
better results than are obtainable in the indoor se&ion. The girls are getting ready for a game of base- 
ball. Lower picture: girls in lively game of hockey, a favorite fall sport. Upper piclure: girls taking 
corrective exercises to place themselves in best possible physical condition. Apparatus are provided 
for the correction of various physical defecfts, ranging from slight to the more serious. 



One of the features of the University's physical training 
equipment in which particular pride is felt is the outdoor 
Women's Gymnasium, 45 by 85 feet. This great area is 
roofed and is sheltered from the weather by canvas sides, 
yet affords fresh-air conditions for the various classes 
in physical training. 



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The University of Oregon 



Corrective 
Work Special- 
ty of Physical 
Directors 



The physical training department makes a specialty of 
its corrective work, paying special attention to posture and 
feet. It is found that scarcely two per cent of average young 
women have perfect feet. In many cases arches are built 
up by special exercises and a process of bandaging and 
other corrective treatment. One case is cited of a girl who 
built up almost perfect arches during the summer months 
by means of the course of treatment prescribed at the Uni- 
versity, although on undertaking it her feet were abnor- 
mally flat. 

First Aid courses, which have been a feature of the work 
in the physical training department, will be developed more 
than ever before in the 1917-'18 term. Heretofore the em- 
phasis has been placed on those features of the work which 
are useful around the home. Hereafter the needs of war 
time will be recognized and special instruction given along 
those lines. 




BINDING UP THE WOUNDED 

Work of class in first aid and bandaging is here shown. The practical value of this course, 

either in peace or war time, is obvious. 



Train the Brain 45 

Economics and Polity 

r "FHE University of Oregon courses in the political and 
social sciences, branches of learning which have made 
great strides in the last generation, are well abreast of the „ ,. . , 

Political and 

best thought in those lines. Both elementary and advanced Socia j Science 
courses are given in economics, sociology, and political sci- close To 
ence — subjects whose connection with the real, moving, Real World 
fighting world is better realized today than ever, when gov- 
ernments, institutions, and social customs are being tested 
as never before. A significent fact in connection with these 
subjects is the growing interest taken in them by women, 
who now recognize the close connection between the home 
and the various institutions which form the subject matter 
of the social and political sciences. 

When the war ends, the time is coming when the best 
thought of every intelligent man in the world will be for a 
time devoted to these subjects. 



Literature 

TN English composition and English literature is offered 
a wide field of varied courses. To a certain extent these 
courses are purely cultural, but they are not without their 
practical side, for it is certainly practical work to increase 
one's facility for written expression. In the rhetoric classes 
attention is given to forms of writing, while in the litera- 
ture work much material is offered which may contribute 
heavily to the content of what one has to say. Here also is 
abundant opportunity to study forms of expression as used . 
by the world's greatest writers. Humanity's best thought, Aids Thought, 
expressed by the masters of all the ages, is brought to the Both in Form 
young mind. To him who has something to say and would and Content 
know the best way to say it, and to the student desiring to 
increase his stock of things to say, these English courses 
have a distinct appeal. 



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The University of Oregon 



Campus Life 



I 



Is Truly 
Democratic 



T isn't all grind at the University of Oregon. The stu- 
dents find leisure enough to enjoy what for many of them 
will be the happiest period of their lives. And all in a thor- 
Atmosphere oughly democratic atmosphere. The spirit of students 
of Oregon toward one another; of upper-classmen toward freshmen 
and sophomores; of faculty toward students, and students 
toward faculty, is one of friendly helpfulness. 

"Hello" is the traditional campus salutation, and every- 
body speaks to everybody. So marked is the spirit of com- 
radeship that the newcomer is impressed, and his heart in 
turn warms toward the happy and hospitable family. It's 
contagious and inevitable. 

Oregon is bothered with no fraternity and anti-frater- 
nity rows and political squabbles. Boys working their way 
through the University lose nothing in social standing ; are 
in fact rather the more looked up to and sought after, as 
made of the right stuff. There are fraternity men this 
year who are helping pay their way by washing dishes and 



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uf 



BURNING THE BADGE OF SUBJECTION 

Freshmen, in lockstep, going through the solemn ceremonial of destroying their caps, as a feature or 

Junior Week-end. This ceremony marks the end of their novitiate in the institution; they are soon 

to take on the rank and dignity of sophomores. 



Train the Brain 47 

waiting on table for their fraternity brothers, and the same 
is true of fraternity women. 

The newcomer is usually struck with the singing spirit 
of Oregon men and women. Fraternity men frequently Singing is 
surround their meals with song, with often a verse or two _ x P ressiv ^ ° 

Joy or Lire 

thrown into the middle of the dinner for good measure. It's In Oregon 
good, spontaneous, ringing music, too, reflecting the spirit 
of Oregon comradeship and good will. 

Plenty of opportunity is afforded for social life — all the 
way from the informal week-end affairs to the less frequent 
more pretentious affairs, like the junior prom. Campus 
musical, dramatic and forensic organizations add much to 
the attractiveness of life at the University, 

All this gives an idea of the absence of the spirit that 
leads to extravagance in college life. Democracy is the foe 
of lavish expenditure, and in general the sons and daughters 
of wealthy parents live as plainly and economically as those 
working their way. The committee on student living found 
in a recent investigation that fraternities are supplying 
their members with room and board for $25 a month and 
less. In only two cases out of nine is the expense greater 
than $25 a month, and in several instances the charge is a 
few dollars less. "Batching" students were found whose 
total living expenses ran less than $12 a month. Total ex- 
penses of fraternity members for the nine months' term 
generally approximate $350, while ten per cent of the stu- 
dent body, according to a recent estimate, get through the 
year on less than $300. Mary Spiller Hall, the women's 
dormitory, charges $3.75 a week for board and from $7.50 
to $15 a semester for room rent. At Friendly Hall, the 
men's dormitory, the expense is approximately the same. 

Nearly two-thirds of the University of Oregon students 
are paying at least part of their way through college, work- stents" Pay 
ing at a wide range of vocations. All or Part 

All-round conditions of life around the tree-clad campus of Way 
and the historic ivy-covered halls are well-nigh ideal, with 
the restful quiet in which the best kind of intellectual work 
can be done. For work or recreation, Oregon spells delight- 
ful opportunity. 






OREGON BULLE^ 

Vol. XIV, N 



